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Reference

A reference is only useful if it can be used mid-incident without ambiguity. This shelf is built for clarity and speed.

Orientation

A curated shelf for study and for retrieval.

How to use reference texts

Reference pages should reduce your search radius. They should name objects precisely and point you to the next proof when reality disagrees.

When you find a term you can’t define operationally, return to the foundations shelf.

A minimal YAML posture

Prefer explicitness: names, labels, selectors, requests, probes, and safe rollout strategy.

A checklist you can apply to most manifests

text

- Labels/selectors aligned and stable
- Requests set (placement economics)
- Readiness meaningful (traffic gate)
- Liveness conservative (kill switch)
- Rollout strategy intentional (headroom)
- Config/secret references explicit (names/keys)
- Ownership clear (controller, not pods)

Core references

The fastest way to stabilize vocabulary and patterns.

Related maps

Adjacent shelves for continued study.

Canonical link

Canonical URL: /library/topics/reference